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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Kawamura, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoichi Kurumasa, Toyokawa, JP;
Mie Kawabata, Toyokawa, JP;
Kentaro Nagatani, Toyokawa, JP;
Jun Kunioka, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroshi Sugiura, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is provided. Firmware customized for a user who uses the image processing apparatus has been installed in advance in the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus has a hardware processor configured to monitor a condition of use of the image processing apparatus and determine whether or not the monitored condition of use is a condition of use adapted to the customized firmware, and to perform processing for updating to the latest standard firmware when it is determined that the monitored condition of use departs from the condition of use adapted to the customized firmware.